Jess Ou
InvestorPrincipal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $2M – $50M checks · typically $25M
Experience
- LangChainHead of Marketingcurrent2026 — present
- LangChainHead of Growth2026
- LangChainHead of Growth2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- LangChainBusiness Operations & Finance2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- SapienneCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Scoutcurrent2024 — present
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Principal2018 — 2024Menlo Park, California, United States
- Morgan StanleyTechnology Investment Banking2016 — 2018Menlo Park, California, United States
- Stanford UniversityEnterprise Technology Research Assistant2015 — 2016Palo Alto
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementCrowdfunding Research Assistant to Professor Christian Catalini2014San Francisco Bay Area
- UberOperations2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Euclid (acquired by WeWork)Product & Partner Marketing2014San Francisco Bay Area
- CalAskFounder2013Berkeley
- FounderJ. Designs2006 — 2011Irvine
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessBachelor’s Degree, B.S. Business Administration
- University of California, BerkeleyB.A. Social Welfare
- Penn EngineeringMasters in Computer and Information Technology (MCIT), Computer Science
Skills & more
Web Development12Graphic Design14Research16Social Media13Event Planning12Fundraising11Photography4Entrepreneurship6Market Research3Web Design1HTML9Photoshop22
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Colleagues at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Aaron Jacobson
Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Albert Lee
Advisor at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Alex Sharata
Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Alexa Grabelle
Associate at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Ali Behbahani
Partner, Co-Head of Healthcare at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Andrew Schoen
Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Ann Bordetsky
Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Antony Yang
Investor at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Jess Ou work?
- Jess Ou is Principal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
- What check size does Jess Ou write?
- Jess Ou typically writes checks of $2M – $50M.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business583
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,348
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sapienne1
Also worked at Stanford University653
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Also worked at MIT Sloan School of Management106
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Also worked at Uber376
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